Body Psychotherapy is an approach which attempts to meet each person
as a whole being. In simple terms a Body Psychotherapist will attend
not only to your mind and your thinking, but also to your body, your
feelings and your intuition. In short, all of you, including your conscious
and unconscious mind. In turn, this may draw your own attention to the
way you are, rather than getting lost in a limited idea of how you think
you are or should be.

Whatever your issues, problems, concerns, a Body Psychotherapist will
try to address these on all levels of your being, body, emotion, mind
and spirit, recognising that many psychological problems have immediate
correlations in the body: anxiety and panic attacks, sexual or eating
problems, addictions, overwhelming feelings or depression. It is worth
taking into account that pre- and non-verbal communication constitutes
93% of human interaction. This is true for relating to others as well
as relating to your self.

As in all kinds of other counselling and psychotherapeutic approaches,
you can expect your therapist to be a sympathetically listening professional,
providing an empathic, non-judgmental presence, and a confidential space,
giving you the opportunity to be and talk and reflect and experiment
outside the pressures of ordinary life and social duties. For some people
this is an utter necessity for their emotional survival (in terms of
dealing with the pain that dominates their life), for others it is an
invaluable opportunity for personal growth.

Body Psychotherapy understands all emotional and mental problems in
the context of the body/mind as a whole system. For recurring problems
to be resolved, mental insight often is not enough - something needs
to happen that affects all levels of our being. Body Psychotherapists,
therefore, pay a lot of attention to the links (or disconnections) between
feeling and thinking, between physical sensations and images, between
spontaneous impulses and patterns of relating. The session may involve
anything, therefore, from touch to movement, massage, art, imagery,
physical exercise or a combination of these.
This is because psychotherapy should be a space in which you can be
and become who you really are. For that to come about ALL of your bodymind
needs to be involved.